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For Enthusiasts: 3 Tips to Keep Your PC Fast and Stable

Optimizing startup, redundant app search and driver updates

LiveBoost: Multitasking Made Easy

LiveBoost™ in System Mechanic® offers the most comprehensive set of tools ever devised to make sure your PC keeps up with you. Browse, upload, render, write, game or edit your way—this is you at work or play. This is multitasking made easy.

System Mechanic: The Automatic Approach to PC Health and Speed

Only the automated technology within System Mechanic® keeps your PC error-free and then takes you beyond optimized with real-time technology that observes your patterns and makes quick, accurate decisions to put system resources right where they’re needed most.

System Mechanic©: Included in Open Source License

One of System Mechanic’s most sophisticated and industry-respected features is something customers often overlook—the Help Files. The Help Files is a clearly written guide that is always right at your fingertips. And if you’ve ever wanted to custom tailor your PC, or wished you could see into its operations more easily, the Help Files has your back—regardless of your prior experience.

Speed Up Your PC With More Processor Power

Your PC is hiding full processor power from you. See how PowerSense in System Mechanic solves the problem.

Erase Personal & Confidential Activity Trails for Good

Leave no stone unturned to maintain privacy.  Erase the trail of your sensitive PC activities with Privacy Cleaner. 

Cluttered PC? Optimize with PC Cleanup

PC clutter can waste drive space and impact performance – clean it up with iolo technologies’ System Mechanic.

What are Device Drivers and How do They Affect PCs?

Outdated device drivers can impact PC performance – and the overall stability of the entire operating system.

How to Find and Removed Redundant and Unnecessary Programs and Apps

Identify and disable redundant apps to prevent performance issues. Learn how to find and disable redundant apps efficiently. Read now.

Programs Hoard RAM: What Can You Do About It?

Today’s complex applications tend to be flawed in a way that compromises your available memory (RAM): they are good at commandeering RAM when they need it, but terrible at letting go once the app no longer requires as much. This accumulation of trapped memory—RAM that runs away from you—often occurs when certain programs are still running but idle.

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What is iolo's Whole Home License?

The Whole Home License® is iolo’s licensing policy that allows you to install and keep your software running on all of your compatible devices within the same home. Previously, users were allowed to install and license their iolo software simultaneously on a maximum of three PCs. Under the Whole Home License, a single activation key allows you to use your iolo software on all of your PCs, other than any PCs you use for business purposes. What you need to know about Whole Home Licensing

  • You, your spouse, and your relatives living within the same household may use the same license on any number of PCs that you own which are not used for business.
  • For full legal terms and conditions, see https://www.iolo.com/company/legal/eula/

To install your iolo product on additional PCs:

  1. On the additional computer, download the latest version of your iolo product. Choose from the list of downloads offered here.
  2. Follow the steps in the installation wizard, and enter the same Activation Key that you used to install on your original computer.

You can view the Activation Key on the original computer from within System Mechanic > red menu bar > key icon > Activation Key.